As the Dead Sea shrinks, Jordan fights to win back tourists
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The buoyant waters of the Dead Sea are one of Jordan's natural wonders, but they're vanishing at an alarming rate. Meanwhile, Jordan is hoping its natural and cultural treasures can win back tourists who have also receded in recent years.
(CNN) — On the shoreline of the Dead Sea, Jordanian comedian and national treasure Nabil Sawalha strides chest-deep into the water, with all the confidence of a swan to a lake.
"It loves you, the water here, it hugs you," he says as he allows the sea to collect his legs and buoy his entire body to the surface.
A provocative new work from the artist behind that duct-taped banana tackles gun violence in America
The Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan shines a light on gun violence and the divisions in US society in a new installation, “Sunday,” at Gagosian in New York City.
One Florida abortion clinic confronts a new six-week ban with a last-minute push and long-term plans
On Tuesday afternoon, Mikenzie Buchanan scooped up an armful of clipboards piled behind the front desk at A Woman’s Choice, an abortion clinic here; it was almost too many to hold. On each clipboard, behind a blue cover to protect personal information, were documents and charts for patients who had visited the clinic to receive a medication abortion that day.